Some sailors considered seventeen months of extra pay inadequate for the treasure they had helped bring home. They rioted and attempted to seize the captured wealth. Soldiers had to guard it, and their pay also had to be increased. The windfall thus created an immediate dispute over how its proceeds should be distributed.
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Sailors rioted over the Matanzas prize money
Disputes over the crews' share of the silver forced the Dutch to guard the treasure with better-paid soldiers.